Iker Casillas – “The dry pitch caused us problems.”

“The tie is still open. 0-0 means an open result that will allow the return match to be attractive and we’ll have our chances. I hope we can win the draw at home.”

“The ref was fine. If we look at each action in detail maybe he could have been more tough but I think he did a decent job for both teams, based on how tough the game was played. I don’t think he stood out.”

“In the first half we got shut down by an incredible performance from Oblak and maybe we deserved more.”

“Marcelo is a big loss, but the coach has players for his position. It’s not ideal to miss players, its best for the coach to have more choices.”

I was always interested In seeing Real play when I would come here to Spain to visit my family but football (soccer) was not yet my passion, being half-American and living in the states. Years later, after moving to Europe, I watched Florentino build the 'galacticos' squad and I was hooked. It was then when I first wanted to build a Real Madrid Website but it took a 0-5 thrashing at the hands of Barcelona to make me serious about the project years later - and here it is!